Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Jens Jacobsen

Jens Jacobsen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:52:33 GMT

I would love to see how wikis could work. I used it on two projects, and in both I had the feeling they are lacking structure. Some people used it, and liked it a lot. Others never did use a wiki before and kept complaining they could not find stuff.
I myself had always the problem of puting comments in the right place – I never new where it could be.
So, I’d love to see concrete examples how you could use it, because I have the feeling it could work!

Jens Jacobsen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:18:33 GMT

It sounds realy interesting. I would find it especially useful to learn how much effort you needed to create the naked personas and how much to clothe them. (i.e. how much time you could save exactly….)

Jens Jacobsen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:10:28 GMT

This idea sounds fun. I’d really appreciate some tips on how to make websites more fun. And it could be very interesting to discuss the usual “you have to make your site immersive” and “you got to live your brand” or “people like to discover stuff on your site” what you often hear from designers and so-called (self-called) Brand Managers and graphical artists.

Jens Jacobsen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:19:53 GMT

Good article, and it has the perfect length!
@ Praveen: Yes, talking to the users is always a good idea. But: in my view this is also second hand information. Because you are asking people what they think they would do on your site. You never know what they would really do. So the only first hand information we can get our hands on are usability tests and log files.

Jens Jacobsen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:40:16 GMT

Sounds interesting. I personally would also like to read about the phenomenon that many people feel more connected to peers in foreign countries that to their neighbors next door. This could mean that we might need a different approach that we could use in the 60s, especially when we are targeting tech people.

Jens Jacobsen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:31:47 GMT

Who said “wireframes have had their day”? No way! I am eager to learn more about how others use it. I use them a lot and I am yet to be convinced there is a rewarding way to use more than simple drawings. But please try to do so…. thanks!

Jens Jacobsen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:09:26 GMT

For which context do you want to provide information? For creating websites? Or applications?

Jens Jacobsen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:14:15 GMT

Well I am still to be convinced that PPT is the right tool for this endeavor – I am sure you can get good looking results, but the effort is enormous, because PPT is not built for drawing/illustration/sketching. But as I said, I am ready to learn more….
Do you plan to compare the process of creating wireframes in PPT with creating them in other programs as well? (OmniGraffle, Illustrator, Fireworks or what have you….)